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Satisfaction with Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drug Treatment: Validation of the TSAN Questionnaire

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The aim is to develop and validate a specific instrument for measuring satisfaction with anxiolytic and hypnotic drug treatment. We determined the questionnaire’s convergent validity with respect to clinical effectiveness, tolerance, and treatment adherence. An observational study was conducted in 171 patients being treated with anxiolytic/hypnotic medications. The questionnaire to assess Treatment Satisfaction with Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (TSAN) was evaluated for reliability, construct validity, and correlation with measurements conceptually related to the said construct. The average score on the TSAN questionnaire was 42.6 points (SD: 8.4), showing a moderate negative correlation with respect to scores obtained on the Goldberg Anxiety (−0.312) and Athens Insomnia (−0.419) scales. The TSAN questionnaire is valid and reliable. It constitutes a patient-centered measurement tool that complements clinical evaluation of the effectiveness of anxiolytic/hypnotic drug treatment.

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  1. Emergency Service. Villarrobledo General Hospital, Albacete, Spain

    Eva María García-Atienza, María Ruipérez-Moreno & Francisco Javier Lucas-Galán

  2. Castilla-La Mancha Health Service, Toledo, Spain

    Eva María García-Atienza, Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo, María Ruipérez-Moreno, Francisco Javier Lucas-Galán & José Luis Agudo-Mena

  3. Health Center Zone VIII, San Juan Street, 37, 02006, Albacete, Spain

    Eva María García-Atienza & Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo

  4. Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Albacete Faculty of Medicine, University of Castile-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain

    Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo

  5. Loja Health Center and Ventorros de Balerma and Ventorros de la Laguna Clinics, Granada Metropolitan District, Granada, Spain

    María Minuesa-García

  6. Dermatology Service, Villarrobledo General Hospital, Villarrobledo, Albacete, Spain

    José Luis Agudo-Mena

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García-Atienza, E.M., López-Torres Hidalgo, J., Minuesa-García, M. et al. Satisfaction with Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drug Treatment: Validation of the TSAN Questionnaire. Int J Ment Health Addiction 20, 2599–2608 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00533-y

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